1 Maccabees 3: 38-60


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1 Maccabees 3: 37-60

Preparations for Battle.

38Lysias chose Ptolemy, son of Dorymenes, and Nicanor and Gorgias, powerful men among the King’s Friends,

39and with them he sent forty thousand foot soldiers and seven thousand cavalry to invade and ravage the land of Judah according to the king’s orders.

40Setting out with their whole force, they came and pitched their camp near Emmaus in the plain.

41When the merchants of the region heard of their prowess, they came to the camp, bringing a huge sum of silver and gold, along with fetters, to buy the Israelites as slaves. A force from Edom and from Philistia joined with them.

42Judas and his brothers saw that evils had multiplied and that armies were encamped within their territory. They learned of the orders which the king had given to destroy and utterly wipe out the people.

43So they said to one another, “Let us raise our people from their ruin and fight for them and for our sanctuary!”

44The assembly gathered together to prepare for battle and to pray and ask for mercy and compassion.

45Jerusalem was uninhabited, like a wilderness; not one of her children came in or went out. The sanctuary was trampled on, and foreigners were in the citadel; it was a habitation for Gentiles. Joy had disappeared from Jacob, and the flute and the harp were silent.

46 Thus they assembled and went to Mizpah near Jerusalem, because formerly at Mizpah there was a place of prayer for Israel.

47That day they fasted and wore sackcloth; they sprinkled ashes on their heads and tore their garments.

48They unrolled the scroll of the law, to learn about the things for which the Gentiles consulted the images of their idols.

49They brought with them the priestly garments, the first fruits, and the tithes; and they brought forward the nazirites who had completed the time of their vows.

50And they cried aloud to Heaven: “What shall we do with these, and where shall we take them?

51For your sanctuary has been trampled on and profaned, and your priests are in mourning and humbled.

52Now the Gentiles are gathered together against us to destroy us. You know what they plot against us.

53How shall we be able to resist them unless you help us?”

54Then they blew the trumpets and cried out loudly.

55After this Judas appointed officers for the people, over thousands, over hundreds, over fifties, and over tens.

56He proclaimed that those who were building houses, or were just married, or were planting vineyards, and those who were afraid, could each return home, according to the law.

57Then the army moved off, and they camped to the south of Emmaus.

58Judas said: “Arm yourselves and be brave; in the morning be ready to fight these Gentiles who have assembled against us to destroy us and our sanctuary.

59It is better for us to die in battle than to witness the evils befalling our nation and our sanctuary.

60Whatever is willed in heaven will be done.

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